AKAGI: SHOHOKU!! FIGHT!!
PLAYERS: OH!!
AYAKO: EVERYBODY DID GREAT!
MITSUI: I AM SO TIRED!!
MIYAGI: WATER....!
MITSUI: I CAN'T TAKE IT!
MIYAGI: I'M ALMOST DEAD...!
SAKURAGI: ME TOO!!
MIYAGI: HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF RUKAWA?
SAKURAGI: HUH? COUGH! COUGH! COUGH; IT WENT UP MY NOSE!!
MITSUI: HE'S DIFFERENT THAN USUAL! HE'S A LOT MORE INTENSE!
SAKURAGI: HMPH! I HATE THAT GUY! GOT NO SKILLS YET PRETENDS AS IF HE DOES WHAT A JERK!
MIYAGI: WATER IS COMING OUT OF YOUR NOSE!
RUKAWA: MOVE! SEMPAI WANTS YOU.
SAKURAGI: AH!? HMPH! OH YEAH? WATCH THIS!!
MIYAGI: HEY, TAKE IT EASY!
SAKURAGI: I GOT MORE! I STILL GOT MORE! AH!?
RUKAWA: IDIOT
AYAKO: HEY! SAKURAGI! SAKURAGI HANAMICHI!
SAKURAGI: SHE'S HERE!
AYAKO: WHY ARE YOU IN HERE?! YOU'RE NOT DONE YET!!
SAKURAGI: BASICS AGAIN? EVERYDAY IS BASICS, BASICS, BASICS!
MIYAGI: HMPH!! HEY! NO COMPLAINING!!
SAKURAGI: I DON'T NEED TO DO ANYMORE BASIC STUFF. I AM A TENSAI!
AYAKO: DON'T TALK NONSENSE! BEGINNER!
MIYAGI: YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT!
SAKURAGI: SEMPAI!
MITSUI: HUH? THAT'S RARE FOR HIM TO COME AND TALK TO ME. WHAT IS IT, RUKAWA?
RUKAWA: I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY... 1 ON 1 WITH YOU.
MITSUI: THIS GUY IS REALLY SERIOUS. WHY IS THAT...!? HM... OKAY... YOU ARE... QUITE A CHARACTER. MAYBE WE CAN FIND OUT JUST WHO THE ACE PLAYER OF SHOHOKU IS!
SAKURAGI: HUH?
MIYAGI: WHAT?
KUWATA: WHAT?
MITSUI: C'MON!
AKAGI'S HOUSE
AKAGI: I'M BACK...
HARUKO: BACK ALREADY? YOU'RE EARLY TODAY!
AKAGI: YEAH... YOU SEEM NERVOUS. MY LEG HASN'T FULLY HEALED YET... HUH? WE HAVE GUESTS? SO BIG SHOES
HARUKO: EH... YEAH... SOMEONE VERY IMPORTANT!
AKAGI: EH? AH! YOU ARE BACK! SU... SUGIYAMA... SAN...!?
SUGIYAMA: HOW DO YOU DO!
FUKAZAWA ATHLETICS UNIV.'S 3RD YEAR STUDENT SUGIYAMA SHOUTA
FUKAZAWA ATHLETICS UNIV.'S BASKETBALL COACH KARASAWA KAZUO
AKAGI: A JAPAN ALL-STAR PLAYER, IN MY HOUSE..!?
HARUKO: I'VE GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH!
KARASAWA: TAKE, COME AND TAKE A SEAT. AKAGI-KUN WE WERE JUST TALKING HOW THIS YEAR THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF GREAT CENTER PLAYERS! FIRSTLY, THERE IS TORU HANAGATA OF SHOYO... AND THEN KAZUMA TAKASAGO OF KAINAN DAI FUZOKU. AND ALSO JUN UOZUMI OF RYONAN. BUT OUT OF EVERYBODY... I HAVE SIGHTS SET ON AKAGI OF SHOHOKU!
SUGIYAMA: SO DO I!
MITSUI: I'VE GOT IT!
SASAOKA: AAH! HE BLOCKED IT!
MITSUI: DAMN IT!
IISHI: THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT GAME! NEITHER SIDE SCORE ANY POINTS YET!
SASAOKA: BOTH ARE PUTTING UP GOOD DEFENSE!
MIYAGI: NO... RUKAWA HAS THE UPPERHAND.
SAKURAGI: MITSUI! YOU COULDN'T DO IT, COULD YOU!!
MITSUI: SHUT THE HELL UP!! PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BEGINNER TRAINING!
SAKURAGI: WHA...!?
MITSUI: I KNOW THAT THIS GUY HAS THE JUMP, SPEED, AND STRENGTH... BUT, THERE'S SOMETHING MORE TO HIM RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HIM SOMETHING INSIDE HIM THAT IS DRIVING HIM... I CAN'T LOSE AGAINST THIS FIRST YEAR KID!
FLASHBACK
COACH ANZAI: BECOME JAPAN'S NUMBER ONE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER RUKAWA-KUN JAPAN'S NUMBER ONE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER
RUKAWA: I WON'T LOSE TO ANYONE ANYMORE
SAKURAGI: AH!!
PLAYERS: HE GOT THROUGH!!
MIYAGI: NO, NOT YET!
MITSUI: THAT WON'T DO!! I'VE COMPLETELY BLOCKED HIM!
SAKURAGI: WHAT!?
MITSUI: WHA...!!
SAKURAGI: RUKAWA!! DO YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE ME?
